Council voted to approve putting the park plans out for bid to upgrade East Washington Borough Park (aka Thayer Street Park) soon to be renamed, Nicholas Cumer Park. The Borough was awarded a $75,000 grant through the PA DCED Greenways, Trails and Recreation grant program and has pledged to utilize the $40,000 of the CDBG funds to act as the match to the project. The grants were awarded based on the plans submitted and approved by Council on April 6, 2020.

The Borough worked with the Redevelopment Authority of the County of Washington (RACW) to ensure that the funds are appropriately used per the guidelines of the CDBG program. CDBE funds must be utilized only for ADA improvements to the park. With the two awarded grants, the Borough has $115,000 to put towards park improvements.

HCEG has revised the cost estimate and provided a breakdown between the CDBG funds and the GTR funds and finally identify the minimal amount the Borough may have to include to complete the project to the intended scope.

The plans for the park upgrades are available for review. Please note, that the grants were awarded based on the plans approved in 2020. To utilize the grant money we can make no more major modifications to the proposed plan.

Download the PDF of the Park Plans